IGN news editor Andrew Goldfarb joins the regular cats of Nintendo Voice Chat (Jose, Peer, and Brian) to talk about art in The Legend of Zelda and his recent Pokemon Y adventures. The crew also chats about your feedback to the question of the Week, reader emails, and another Nintendo Direct. Leave a response to our question of the week in the comments below.

What Do We Want the Next Zelda to Look Like

Last week, NVC asked listeners to submit art samples and describe what the next Zelda should look like. We got a ton of responses. Please check them out by following here. Here's what our cast thought on the topic.

Andrew Goldfarb says: "I’m hoping Nintendo finally embraces the art style from the HD demo it showed off at E3 2011. For a long time I’ve been an advocate of a more stylized approach like Wind Waker or Skyward Sword, but I think it’s time to return to a more realistic style and show off what the Wii U can do. Wind Waker looks incredible in HD and scratches that cel-shaded itch; let’s see how much a more traditional Link can wow us."

Peer Schneider says: "If you had asked me a year ago, I would’ve said: make it look exactly like the “Link vs. Armogohma” Zelda Wii U tech demo Nintendo showed at E3. But after replaying Wind Waker on Wii U and seeing the beautiful cut-scenes in Fire Emblem: Awakening, I have to cast my vote for a return to a cel-shaded Zelda game. But where Wind Waker took a cartoonish approach, I’d love to see The Legend of Zelda pull off an interactive, more grown-up anime style. Fire Emblem nailed that look with its cinematics -- how cool would it be to have an entire Zelda game with cel-shaded characters and a vibrant (no Skyward pastels, please!), hand-drawn looking world?"

Brian Altano says: "While fans continue to beg for a gritty, mature Zelda, I’d rather the series continue down the path of more cartoonish and hyper stylized affairs like Wind Waker and A Link Between Worlds. The former gave us Toon Link and the latter gave us wall art link, so why not combine both styles for Graffiti Zelda? The 2D/3D wall puzzles of ALBW could return along with beautiful, colorful spells, attacks and boss fights that explode with the vibrancy only a 1980’s WildStyle brick wall in the Bronx could showcase. Plus bombable cracked walls could say “CRACK IS WACK” on them. It’s a win win."

Question of the Week

This week Peer asks listeners: "Send us sales predictions for Mario and Zelda for November." Both games will be key for Nintendo this fall. How many copies do you think each game will sell in the US by the end of the month? Post your guesses! Please do not to edit a comment once you've made a prediction otherwise that could be considered cheating.

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